Publications : 53
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PublicationLouis Bonaparte, Roi de Hollande (in French)
From the publishers:Louis Napoleon was, for the greater part of his youth, an obedient brother in awe of his more famous sibling. His unhappy relationship with the brilliant but superficial Hortense de Beauharnais simply reinforced Louis' rather uninspiring image given to him by posterity's extremely harsh critique of the Bonaparte family. Opposite the great Napoleon […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s Other War: Bandits, Rebels and their Pursuers in the Age of Revolutions
From the publishers:The wars of Napoleon are among the best-known and most exciting episodes in world history. Less known is the uproar the armies stirred up in their path, and even more, the chaos they left in their wake. The 'knock-on effect' of Napoleon's sweep across Europe went further than is often remembered: his invasion of […]
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PublicationDragon Rampant: the Royal Welch Fusiliers at War, 1793-1815
From the publishers:“I never saw any regiment in such order,” said Wellington before the Battle of Waterloo. “It was the most complete and handsome military body I ever looked at.” The object of the Duke's admiration was the 23rd Regiment of Foot – the famous Royal Welch Fusiliers – and this is their story during […]
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PublicationOn Wellington: A Critique of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo has been studied and dissected so extensively that one might assume little more on the subject could be discovered. Now historian Peter Hofschröer brings forward a long-repressed commentary written by Carl von Clausewitz, the author of On War. Clausewitz, the Western world's most renowned military theorist, participated in the Waterloo campaign […]
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PublicationNouvelle histoire du Premier Empire, volume IV: Les Cent-Jours (1815) (in French)
The early successes during the Cent-Jours came precisely at the wrong time: society in France had changed profoundly, and the elites had changed with it. Even those who had profited from the Napoleonic adventure sided with the “reactionaries” (that is to say, Royalists).Some of the “restored” emperor's decisions and appointments smacked of demagoguery (how else […]
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PublicationEmpire
From the publisher:The French photographer Charles Fréger has spent the last ten years photographing various groups of young people in uniform and in costume (such as musicians, workmen, athletes and majorettes). His “Empire” series concentrates on some of the most prestigious military regiments in Europe. This book forms a sort of encyclopaedia of military uniforms, […]
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PublicationLa Femme du Directoire au Ier Empire (in French)
From the publishers:With the French Revolution coming to an end, a breath of fresh air blew through French society, liberating it and its traditions. “Les Merveilleuses”, veritable symbols of the Directory period, demonstrated their infatuation with luxury and their lifestyles through the clothes that they wore. Fashion broke free from previous traditions, as the female form […]
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PublicationThe Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon’s Great Escape
From the publishers:In the winter of 1812, Napoleon's army retreated from Moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by three separate Russian armies, its chances of survival apparently nil. By late November Napoleon had reached the banks of the River Berezina – the last natural obstacle between his army and the safety of the Polish frontier. But […]
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PublicationThe Waterloo Archive Volume I: British Sources
From the publishers: The Battle of Waterloo, a constant source of interest for scholars, enthusiasts and general readers alike for nearly 200 years, has been extensively covered in written works. However, most of these books are simply regurgitating other accounts of the battle, which in turn are a rehash of another work, and so […]
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PublicationWellington’s Highland Warriors: From the Black Watch Mutiny to the Battle of Waterloo
The kilted regiments of the British Army have a long, romanticised and often factually dubious history. From their inception as the Black Watch – a local militia designed to introduce some measure of English law to the clannish highlands – to the Battle of Waterloo by the Gordons, the Highland regiments established a reputation for […]